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Friday, September 10, 2010

This was lunch for my 3-year-old daughter today. I wanted to avoid a sandwich since my hubby and I have the rare luxury of free childcare this evening (dinner alone! woohoo!) and I'll be packing her a sandwich to take with her tonight. So lunch this afternoon is a kinda-sorta deconstructed pasta salad.

This preschool bento is packed in a Sassy box, using only one of the smaller inner dishes for the sausage. The sausage was cut into chunks and threaded on little picks.

As I've said before, I prefer to make pasta ahead of time and keep in the fridge for quick meals. This pasta salad is just as quick to toss together as making a sandwich would be, just add some dressing and it's ready. Wagon-wheel pasta is what I use most often since it is easier for Paige to get on her fork and easier for Tyler (my 15 month old "baby") to chew. :)

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comments:

I love your blog!! I have been doing bento lunches for the past 2 weeks and wonder what you do with your scraps. Do you have a bento scrap day on saturday? I have been giving my 4 yr old the scraps of cheese from my 8yr old's lunch but I am curious as to what YOU do with yours!!

I just found your blog this week (from a friend's recommendation) and love it. My kids are 2 & 3 and we're just setting out on the lunch box path. But I fully want to embrace this concept in an effort to keep my (not so picky) kids eating right.

My biggest question comes in about quantity. My son (3, almost 4) is a constant eater. He is also in constant motion, so the constant fueling makes sense. However, I'm not sure any of these boxes will hold enough food for him.

Do kids progressively eat less as they get older or will this not work for him because I would have to pack 3 bento boxes each day?